Saw-gage.



L. BELSANI.

SAW GAGE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 5. I9I5.

19164.56@ 111611161 Dee. 14, 1915.

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To all whom t may confierany Be it known that l, LUCA BELSANT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gloucester City,-in th'ecounty of Camden Y and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Saw-Gages, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to saw gages, and it has for its object to produce a gage of simple and inexpensive construction, capable of being applied to and used in connection with the blade of an ordinary hand saw, and which may be readily adjusted to regulate the depth of kerfs produced by said saw blade.

A further object of the invention is to produce a gage of the character described, whereby the distance between the kerfs made by the saw may be predetermined and regulated.

With these and other ends in view which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of the claims may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawing,-Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a hand saw to which the invention has been applied. Fig. 2 is a perspective detail view showing the gage detached, Fig. 3 is a sectional detail view taken on the line 3 3 in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a sectional detail view taken on the line i-4c in Fig. 1.

Corresponding parts in the several igures are denoted by like characters of reference.

The improved gage consists of a rectangular metallic plate 15 having vertical slots 16 formed near the ends thereof, said plate being also provided with a laterally extending stem 17 on which is adjustably mounted a sleeve 18 having a set screw 19 capable of engaging the stem so as to secure the sleeve in adjusted position, said sleeve being also provided with a downwardly extending arm 20 which is of a length approximately equal to the distance between the stem 17 and the Spezocation of Letters Patent. Pgttenttdl D96, 14, 1915,

Application filed March 5, 1915. SerialNo. 12,331.

lower-,edge,ofrthef plate 15, Athe lower end ofsaid arm being beveled, asrseen at 21, to produce a sharp edge 22.

The blade-23 of the hand'sawin connection with which the device is to be used is provided with bolts 24 extending transversely therethrough, said bolts being suitably spaced apart to engage the slots 16 of the gage plate 15, and said bolts being provided with wing nuts 25 which may be tightened upon the gage plate for the purpose of securing the latter in adjusted po-` sition.

It will be readily seen that by proper adjustment of the plate 15 with respect to the saw blade, it may be spaced from the toothed cutting edge of the latter a suitable distance to permit kerfs of a desired depth to be formed, the lower edge of the gage plate constituting an obstruction which will prevent tlie saw from cutting beyond a predetermined limit. After one lerf has been cut, the sharp edge of the arm 21 may be engaged therewith, thus enabling the saw blade to be properly adjusted to cut a second kerf at a predetermined distance from the irst one, the distance between the kei-fs being governed by proper adjustment of the sleeve 18 on the stem 17. It is obvious that by repetition of the operation any desired number of kerfs equally spaced may be formed.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

1. A saw gage comprising a plate provided with slots near the ends thereof, said plate having a laterally extending stem, and a sleeve adjustably mounted on said stem and having a radially extending arm con stituti'ng a side gage movable with the gage plate.

2. A saw gage comprising a plate pro vided with slots near the ends thereof, said plate having a laterally extending stem, a sleeve adjustably mounted on said stem and having a radially extending arm constituting a side gage movable with the gage plate, and means for securing the sleeve at various adjustments upon the stem.

3. A saw gage comprising a plate provided with slots near the ends thereof, said plate having a laterally extending stem, a sleeve adjustably mounted on said stem and having a radially extending arm constituting a side gage movable with the gage plate, and means for securing the sleeve at various adjustments upon the stem; in combination with a hand saw, and means for mounting the plate upon the blade of' the sawinspaced relation to the toothed cutting edge thereof.

4L. A hand saw having a blade, bolts eX- tending transversely through the blade, a gage plate having slots engaging the bolts, nuts on said bolts to secure the gage plate in position at various adjustments, a stem extending laterally from the gage plate, and a sleeve adjustably mounted on said stem and having a radially extending gage arm of a length approximately equal to the distance between the stem and the lower edge of the gage plate said arm constituting a side plate 15 movable with the gage plate.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. LUCA BELSANTE. Witnesses:

OLIVER J. STETSER, A. D. KORNEMANN.

Qopies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

